STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FORUM OF INDIA [SEFI]

Dear Team

Please note the following observations

1. In most cases, the principal�design�consultant (PDC) is engaged by the architect and not by the owners.�

2. The responsibilities should b ...

Our duty is to guide correctly clients/architects and it is their responsibility to follow or not.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 1:44 PM alpa_sheth
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Hi� Engg Nair

The issue is due to the strong column-weak beam theory updated in etabs 18. If you set the option for this check as No then you will get the same results. I hope this will clear your� ...

Hi�

In my opinion it is a planned collapse of the tank. The concrete at the mid height of the tank was cut when the tank was empty� and then filling� of water have started to increase the axial l ...

Hi,� can you please share the excel file?

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 9:54 AM rg.gupta Jai Hind
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Dear Kumaresan

Read the clause 5.5 of IS 13920:2016

Buildings with floating columns and set back columns perform poorly, when any such irregularities are adopted, detailed nonlinear analyses ...

Then why code allow the consideration of stiffness of masonry wall by modelling it as diagonal strut. Before cracking of concrete, Masonry wall will crack.

Required clarification from expert.

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Dear Sir

I really respect your words, but we are living in a country when a structural engineer quote a fee (say X amount) other structural engineer quote (amount of 0.5X). We do not have unity, in ...

Agreed� On Sep 9, 2017 9:43 PM, "uhvaryani"

Agreed�

On Sep 9, 2017 9:43 PM, "uhvaryani"

Dear Er.�Rabinder Shekher

As a structural engineer, we consider the density of concrete for calculating the self weight of RCC element & there is no role of concrete density in analysis & d ...